Ubuntu
phpbb3 package

phpbb captcha uses depricated syntax

Bug #1602823 reported by Thomas Finstad Larsen
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
phpbb3 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Relevant installed packages:
phpbb3/xenial,now 3.0.14-1ubuntu1 all [installed]
php7.0-common/xenial-updates,xenial-security,now 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.0-gd/xenial-updates,xenial-security,now 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]

I believe the package phpbb3 uses a version of phpbb that has a depricated syntax (when used with the php version it pulls in via APT) in its captcha plugin.

It is located in /usr/share/phpbb3/www/includes/captcha/plugins/phpbb_captcha_gd_plugin.php on line 55.

All I had to do to fix it was change

$instance =& new phpbb_captcha_gd();

to

$instance = new phpbb_captcha_gd();

as described here: https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=12797072#p12797072

Revision history for this message
Thomas Finstad Larsen (penetal) wrote :

It seems these files in the same folder also needs changing:

./phpbb_captcha_qa_plugin.php:104: $instance =& new phpbb_captcha_qa();
./phpbb_recaptcha_plugin.php:59: $instance =& new phpbb_recaptcha();
./phpbb_captcha_nogd_plugin.php:45: $instance =& new phpbb_captcha_nogd();

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in phpbb3 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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